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4 takeaways from Giants QB Daniels Jones’ contract extension press conference

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones signed a four-year, $160 million contract. Here are four takeaways from his presser announcing the deal.

The New York Giants inked former 2019 first-round quarterback Daniel Jones to a four-year, $160 million contract March 7.

The Giants and Jones were flirting with the 4:00 p.m. ET deadline. Otherwise Jones would have been the Giants’ franchise tag player.

“I was in the building,” Jones said. “I think it was 3:53 or 3:54, something like that. It was right up next to the deadline.”

Jones compiled a 9-6-1 record for the Giants last season as part of their 9-7-1 campaign. The former Duke product led New York to its first playoff win since 2011 with a 31-24 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC wild-card.

Here are four takeaways from Jones’ presser.

Is Daniel Jones worth the big payday?

Did Daniel Jones flip the script and earn himself a franchise quarterback type of contract? Laurie Fitzpatrick looks for the answers in the tape.

When it comes to Daniel Jones, the New York Giants find themselves in an interesting situation. Finally, their quarterback played up to, if not better than, expectations in 2022. When we look back and compare from last year to this year, Jones performance was nothing short of impressive. In 2021, he was denied the fifth-year option and was forced to play in a prove-it year. So that is exactly what he did.

Under new head coach Brian Daboll, he went from a 84.8  quarterback rating in 2021 to 92.5 in 2022. He also landed himself into the top ten conversations in a few areas. Among quarterbacks who had at least 350 dropbacks, he led the league with the fewest of interceptions, five. He was tied for fifth in pass completion percentage index with 112, and sixth in completion percentage, 66.7%. When throwing from play action, he had the second highest rating (103.3) in the league with the highest-pressure rate 43.9%, per Sports Info Solutions.

Jones got his team a playoff win for the first time since 2011, the last time the Giants won the Super Bowl. And he did all of this without a top receiver in the league. So, the question remains, does he deserve a $45 million per year contract, as it has been reported that he wants?

The answers lie in the film!

NFL Playoffs: Eagles must ramp up their league-best pass rush to beat the Giants

If the Philadelphia Eagles are to advance against the New York Giants in the divisional round, their top pass rush will have to maximize its efforts.

The Philadelphia Eagles are entering their divisional round matchup against the New York Giants with the top pass rush in the league.

Haason Reddick, Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham all have 10+ sacks, and their interior oine is just as effective. Javon Hargrave has the fourth-most pressures in the league among interior defensive linemen with 57, and he’s third-highest graded pass rusher from the inside, per Pro Football Focus.

The blueprint of this Giant’s offense is what makes this matchup a great one. The Eagles have the top defense against the pass, but what’s that against one of the best running backs in the league in Saquon Barkley. The Eagles are ranked 16th overall against the rush, allowing 4.6 yards per carry, which is bottom 10.

Including the wild-card round, Barkley has had 304 carries for a career-best 1,365 rush yards and 12 touchdowns this season. He finished in the top ten in just about every rushing category. He’s also caught 62 passes on a 75 percent catch rate for 394 yards.

Even if Giants quarterback Daniel Jones plays the best game of his life this weekend, the winner of this game will be decided in the trenches.

There are a few things that the Eagles will need to do if they want to win this game up front, let’s allow the film to tell the story!

The Eagles need a different offense for Gardner Minshew

If the Philadelphia Eagles need to wrap up the regular season with Gardner Minshew at quarterback, they’ll have to design a different offense.

There is no guarantee when Jalen Hurts will be back in the Philadelphia Eagles’ lineup. This is a concern because if the Eagles want to take first place in NFC East, and the NFC’s one-seed, they’re facing a must-win game next week against the New York Giants.

The Eagles are now 0-2 with backup quarterback Gardner Minshew. In his two starts, Minshew has a 58.1% completion rating, three touchdowns, three interceptions, four fumbles and six sacks. On top of the passing game being sub-par, this is the second week in a row that the Eagles’ rushing attack hasn’t exceeded 100 yards.

The Eagles were unable to get into a rhythm when they opened up against the New Orleans Saints, as their first four drives ended in three-and-outs. They had only 61 net yards in the first half.

After two full games, one thing has become clear: the system in which Hurts thrives is not the offense that Minshew is capable of running.

If the Eagles want to win the NFC East and any playoff games with Minshew, it will be because the coaching staff is forced to make changes and run a specific scheme that is tailored for their backup quarterback.

Let’s dive into the film to see what the Eagles have to do to win with Minshew.

Amazon Prime Day NFL Deals: One gift for fans of each NFL team

The holidays have come early for NFL fans thanks to Amazon Prime’s Early Access Sale.

While Prime Day has come and gone for 2022, Amazon is giving Prime members another reason to be thankful this holiday season.

Amazon Prime Early Access Sale is a two-day event exclusive to Prime subscribers, who can start their holiday shopping with thousands of exclusive discounts.

We know just how challenging it can be to shop for the NFL fan in your life, so we put together a list to ensure no fan gets forgotten this year.

Looking for some team apparel? Got it. Big tailgater? No problem. Want a Halloween costume that shows your fandom? We got you covered.

If you see something you like, but it’s featured in your rival’s colors, don’t worry. Almost all of the items below can be found sporting the colors of your favorite NFL team.

 

How CB James Bradberry fits the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive schemes

Touchdown Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick dives into James Bradberry’s film to see how the veteran cornerback will improve the Philadelphia Eagles’ defense.

The Philadelphia Eagles filled some holes on the defensive side of the ball this offseason. One of those moves was the acquisition of cornerback James Bradberry.

Bradberry was a second-round pick by the Carolina Panthers in 2016 and he went on to start all 60 games over four seasons. In 2020, the Giants signed Bradberry as a free agent and he ended up making the Pro Bowl that year. In 2021, he posted 17 passes defensed, two fumble recoveries and a career high four interceptions.

Initially, Bradberry had 11 teams interested and his agents narrowed it down to three teams, from which he chose the Eagles. This is what he said when asked about his decision:

“I looked at the overall scheme, and I think it fit my ability the best. I saw the guys that they put with the D-line, and as a DB, sometimes your best friend is the D-line.”

When it comes to scheme, Bradberry is a long cornerback who excels in zone coverage. Let’s go to the film and dive deeper into how he fits in the Eagles’ defense!

Film study: Is the Cowboys offense good enough for a deep playoff run?

Touchdown Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick breaks down the Cowboys’ passing game to determine if there is cause for concern.

The Dallas Cowboys are pretty much a lock for the NFL playoffs heading into Week 16, boasting a three-game lead atop the NFC East with three games left in the regular season.

Their defense is forcing turnovers at an impressive rate and playing at a high level overall. But can we say the same about the offense?

From what we’ve seen of the Dallas passing game over the past few weeks, it makes you wonder if the Cowboys (10-4) are capable of making a deep playoff run.

This Cowboys offense has gone from fourth in the NFL to 16th in passing DVOA since Week 10.

Dak Prescott completed 201 of 286 attempts (70.3%) for 2,341 yards with 20 touchdowns and five interceptions in his first eight games of the season. But in his past five games, he’s 136 of 206 (66%) for 1,257 yards with five touchdowns and five interceptions. Importantly, his yards per attempt has dropped from 8.2 in his first eight games to 6.1 since.

This Cowboys offense is not the same.

Ugly wins against sub -500 teams can be a cause for concern. That’s not what you expect to see from a Super Bowl contender. Ultimately, will the Cowboys be able to elevate their passing game to the same level that their defense is playing at?

The simple answer is — yes.

In recent weeks, blanket coverages have forced the Dallas offense to make adjustments, and without explosive plays, scoring has become more difficult.

Since losing to the Denver Broncos in Week 9, the Cowboys offense has seemingly been in malaise. Opponents started regularly dropping four or five defenders deep into the secondary, aiming to take away the Cowboys’ playmakers, and Prescott has started forcing throws.

Defenses are no longer using a single high safety, or even two high safeties, like the Cowboys saw earlier in the season. The Broncos changed how teams are defending the Cowboys.

On the interception Prescott threw against Denver in Week 9, the presence of safety Caden Sterns in the middle of the field took away the quarterback’s high-low concept reads.

Prescott had the shallow crosser open to tight end Dalton Schultz, but instead, he went for the dig route at the second level. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get it over the defender in the middle of the field, Sterns.

The Washington Football Team came out in a similar look in Week 14. When Washington dropped its middle linebacker into coverage, Prescott wasn’t able to drop the ball into the hands of wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. Instead, the throw sailed on him.

The Cowboys only used a few plays to attack the middle of the field against Washington, but when they did, it was successful.

In the clip below, running back Ezekiel Elliott motioned from the slot and opened up the middle of the field when linebacker Cole Holcomb shaded toward him. Without any reads, Prescott trusted his eyes and made the throw to Lamb to keep the sticks moving.

But unfortunately, the offense didn’t use this strategy consistently.

On the play below, the Cowboys drew up a great play to get the ball into the middle of the field — and wide receiver Amari Cooper is open. But instead, Prescott forced the ball to Elliot, who was running a fade into the end zone. If this was a wideout running a wheel route, maybe this would be successful, but it’s not a huge mismatch with a running back against a linebacker.

Against the New York Giants in Week 15, Prescott took some deep shots. But as the game progressed, he focused more and more on moving the defender in the middle of the field. He does this successfully in the two clips below, completing passes to Lamb and Schultz, respectively.

 

If Prescott continues to exploit soft coverages over the middle, defenses almost certainly will begin stepping up in order to shut down those shorter passes — and that is when the deep passing game will begin to open up again.

If that happens, perhaps the offense can revert back to its high-scoring ways from earlier in the season and make a run at the franchise’s first Super Bowl in 26 years.

Has Taylor Heinicke done enough to be Washington’s quarterback of the future?

Touchdown Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick breaks down the film to analyze the skill set of Washington QB Taylor Heinicke.

The Washington Football Team is in an uncertain spot when it comes to their quarterback of the future.

Taylor Heinicke has shown some resilience this season. After taking over for the injured Ryan Fitzpatrick in a season-opening loss to the Chargers, Heinicke rallied a fourth-quarter comeback against the Giants. After a 2-2 start, Washington endured a four-game losing streak. Then, after the bye week, Washington went on a four-game winning streak.

It’s been an interesting but bumpy ride with Heinicke under center, and last week’s loss against the Dallas Cowboys may have confirmed one thing; it’s unlikely that he’s the future of the franchise, but he can certainly help his offense win and make a playoff run when his team is healthy.

When we go to the tape, Heinicke has showed positives throughout the season, but also some concerns.

After the bye week, Heinicke was looking to get his team back on track after four consecutive losses. Washington traveled to Tampa Bay to take on the Buccaneers, who were already 6-3 on the season, and Washington hadn’t beaten a team that was above .500 yet.

Washington’s defense held the Bucs to only 14 points and allowed only four third-down conversions, but what Heinicke did in the passing game was impressive as well. He finished 26 for 32 and had 256 yards through the air with one touchdown and a 110.4 quarterback rating.

Heinicke attacked the Buccaneers’ secondary and tore through their defense using play-action and pre-snap motion.

Heinicke has a receiver concept on the right side of the field with three defenders deep with man-match coverage underneath. The wide-out (top of clip) ran his cornerback out of the play, and this left the tight end one-on-one.

A few weeks later against the Los Angeles Raiders, another motion from the tight end identified zone coverage underneath with a safety over the top. With a concept route, post/corner, Heinicke only had to throw in the gap within the zone — which he did with ease.

When we go back to the Buccaneers game, we see that common theme between the motion and concepts which exploited one side of the defense. These throws get harder against Cover-3, as those gaps in the zones get smaller.

However, Heinicke has shown an ability to find openings in Cover-3 man under, Cover-1 zone under and Cover-3 zone under.

On the play below, Heinicke used motion to identify zone coverage. The play-action holds the safety, Jordan Whitehead, near the line of scrimmage, which leaves a little bit of space between the first and second level of the defense; Heinicke was lucky this one wasn’t picked off.

Per Sports Info Solutions, Heinicke with play-action this season is 106 of 146 for 1,188 yards, eight touchdowns, and no interceptions. Without play-action, it’s a different story, as he had completed 172 of 272 passesfor 1.743 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.

When we move to last week’s game against the Cowboys, Dallas’ defense had seen Heinicke’s success against zone and play action, so they threw in some disguises post-snap to force Heinicke to go through all of his reads.

On this play, the linebacker dropped deep into coverage, taking away Heinicke’s initial reads in the middle of the field.

Instead of just remaining patient and throwing the crosser, as he wasn’t being pressured, Heinicke tried to check down, then scrambled when he realizes his back was covered as well.

When we go back to Week 5 against the Saints, New Orleans’ defense used that same tactic.

Play-action gave Heinicke time to read linebacker Demario Davis, but when Davis dropped back to pick up the receiver, who is attempting to split the deep safety, Heinicke needed to move to the next read. It was too late, and Heinicke took a sack. Dallas used this same tactic last week.

When Heinicke saw a dropping linebacker paired with a heavy pass rush, instead of settling for the shallow completion, he forced it deep.

Washington had to basically abandon play-action when they faced the Cowboys because of linebacker Micah Parsons’ 4.3 speed.

Not having the advantages of play-action really hindered Heinicke’s performance. He wasn’t settling for the shallow passes, continued to throw into triple coverage in the middle of the field. Opponents won’t continue to leave their corners on an island, and when they do, they will make sure they blitz to force him into bad decisions.

Heinicke is a capable system quarterback who can thrive in situations where his defense and rushing attack can help him win games. But unless he’s in a heavily-schemed offense, he’s unlikely to beat a team that he shouldn’t beat.

Just as long as Heinicke doesn’t turn the ball over, he puts the Washington Football Team in a decent position for playoffs; as they play only one team that is above .500 for the remainder of the season.

Beyond this season, Washington will have an interesting decision to make. Do they want to develop Taylor Heinicke as their quarterback of the future, or do they attempt to find a quarterback who is more scheme-transcendent?

Film study: Why Giants WR Kadarius Toney could become the NFL’s most versatile, explosive weapon

Touchdown Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick breaks down the film to examine the elite skill set of Giants WR Kadarius Toney.

It’s not unusual for rookies to need some time while they acclimate to the faster and more challenging level of play in the NFL.

But just a few weeks into his debut season, New York Giants wide receiver Kadarius Toney already appears to be making a leap. No NFL player has formed more missed tackles (eight) in the past two weeks than Toney, and last week he set a Giants rookie record with 189 receiving yards against the Dallas Cowboys. That eclipsed the previous record of 185, set by none other than Odell Beckham Jr.

Toney, the former Florida Gators star who was drafted No. 20 overall by the Giants this year, is an above-average performer with the ball in his hands. He can juke guys out of their cleats with twitchy lateral cuts and the ability to get upfield extremely quickly.

In the season’s first three weeks, Toney was only on the field for an average of 34% of the Giants’ offensive snaps. But as his playing time increased, he began to impress. But now, injuries to Kenny Golladay and Saquon Barkley will give Toney the chance to play a primary role in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams — although he will face a difficult assignment playing opposite standout cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

Let’s take a look at the film to examine why Toney is special:

There are three things about this play above that stand out. First, Toney slows down during his break to ensure that quarterback Daniel Jones can see him at the top of his route. Second is the body adjustment at the catch. Third is how he used the momentum from the ball being thrown behind him, then quickly turned toward the defender and juked him.

In Week 4 against the New Orleans Saints, Toney started to put opponents on notice, pulling in six catches for 78 yards. On the play below, he jukes no fewer than six defenders.

Let’s not overlook Toney’s crisp release at the line of scrimmage, either. The press coverage of Saints rookie cornerback Paulson Adebo is no match for him.

Right now, short and intermediate routes seem to be where Toney excels the most, with only has a few defenders remaining in the secondary to beat.

Early in the season, Toney was mostly running jet sweeps, but his usage has been expanded downfield in recent weeks.

Then came last week’s breakout performance against the Cowboys, when he recorded 10 receptions. Not only did Toney make opponents miss in man-to-man defense, but he showed excellent post-catch awareness against the zone. (See below.)

One area of concern for Toney coming into the NFL was his route-running ability and whether he can he clean up his steps against elite corners. However, the clip below shows him beating NFL interceptions leader Trevon Diggs one on one.

Toney’s route running is smooth yet sudden. He shows an ability to get separation at the top of routes and body adjustment at the catch. Importantly, he gets north and south quickly with top-end downhill speed.

Giants head coach Joe Judge elaborated about Toney’s skill set recently:

“It shows up in terms of the extended runs and breaking tackles, but he has great instincts,” Judge told the media earlier this week. “He has really good vision on the field of seeing where there’s an open space, no matter how small it is. He’s got a very good short-area change of direction and burst coming out of that first step to stop and go very quickly.

“He’s also got that long speed to stretch the field and really separate over space, so he’s obviously a unique player with a very good skill set. Maybe the biggest thing that really helps him, more so than the physical attributes, is how intelligent he is on the field.”

Toney is dangerous no matter where he lines up. In addition to being a threat out wide, Toney can be effective in the backfield receiving the snap as well. Toney was a high school quarterback who attended the Manning Passing Academy, so he has both the ability to throw the ball or tuck it and gain a few extra yards.

Last week, Toney even took a snap and ran a read-option. If his success in multiple areas continues, he could become a candidate for Offensive Rookie of the Year. Sunday’s game against the Rams and his matchup against Ramsey will be a good measuring stick for his progress.